Isaiah 45:2

God's Word

I will go ahead of you, Cyrus, and smooth out the rough places. I will break down the bronze doors and cut through the iron bars.

Cross References

Psalm 107:16

He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two.

Isaiah 13:2

Raise a banner on the bare mountaintop. Call loudly to them. Signal them with your hand to enter the nobles’ gates.

Isaiah 14:31

Cry loudly in the gate! Cry out in the city! Be frightened, all you Philistines! Smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

Isaiah 24:12

The city is left in ruins. Its gate is battered to pieces.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley will be raised. Every mountain and hill will be lowered. Steep places will be made level. Rough places will be made smooth.

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind on unfamiliar roads. I will lead them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light in front of them. I will make rough places smooth. These are the things I will do for them, and I will never abandon them.

Isaiah 45:13

I prepared Cyrus for my righteous purpose. I will make all his roads straight. He will build my city and let my exiles go free without any payment or any reward, says the Lord of Armies.

Isaiah 48:15

I alone have spoken. I have called him. I will bring him here, and he will succeed.

Jeremiah 28:13

“Tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You have broken the wooden yoke, but I  will replace it with an iron yoke.

Jeremiah 51:30

The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.

Jeremiah 51:58

This is what the Lord of Armies says: The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled, and its high gates will be set on fire. People exhaust themselves for nothing. The nations wear themselves out only to have a fire.

Daniel 5:28

Divided—your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 8:4

I saw the ram charging west, north, and south. No other animal could stand in front of it, and no one could escape from its power. It did anything it pleased and continued to grow.

Nahum 3:13

Look at your soldiers; they’re women! The gates of your country are wide open to your enemies. Fire has destroyed the bars of your gates.

Luke 3:5

Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be leveled. The crooked ways will be made straight. The rough roads will be made smooth.

Acts 1:15

At a time when about 120 disciples had gathered together, Peter got up and spoke to them. He said,